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12 May 2008 - Water PPP gets thumbs up
Australia’s Victoria government looks set to push forward with its billion-dollar desalination PPP after a minister spoke out in favour of the project.
9 May 2008 - British Columbia awards latest P3
P3 pioneers British Columbia have selected a John Laing and Bilfinger Berger JV for the Kelowna and Vernon hospitals project. The Infusion Health consortium will now move towards project agreement, expected later in the spring.
9 May 2008 - Darzi's local agenda too costly?
Lord Darzi’s five pledges to improve the NHS have been attacked as too costly for both the private and public sectors.
8 May 2008 - M25 deal gathers pace
After much delay the winner of the billion pound M25 PPP has finally been selected.
7 May 2008 - Council wins cash for streetlight PFI
Knowsley borough council has won just over £30m worth of PFI credits to revamp its streetlights.
6 May 2008 - Turkey launches PPP Platform
Turkey is set to ramp up its PPP programme with the introduction of a dedicated platform.
5 May 2008 - BSF gathers pace
Ministers have given the go-ahead to dramatic proposals to transform the procurement process for the government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
2 May 2008 - South Africa plans $1.5bn PPP burst
The value of PPPs in South Africa is expected to grow from just over R4bn ($534m USD) in 2007/08 to R11bn ($1.5bn USD) in 2010/11, according to the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (Asgisa) annual report. Of the R96bn in infrastructure expenditure for the 2006/07 financial year, 2.5% is planned through PPPs.
1 May 2008 - Kier responds to collusion allegations
Construction group Kier has spoken out about its "disappointment" in being named on a list of companies under investigation for illegal bidding activities.
30 April 2008 - US told, face infrastructure gap or else
America’s reluctance to face its spiralling infrastructure deficit could lead the country into crisis within 10 years, according to a recent report.
29 April 2008 - UK rail firms seek PPP business in India
A UK-based trade association has kick started plans to help its members break into the emerging Indian PPP rail market.
29 April 2008 - Babcock builds Indian PPP team
Babcock & Brown has joined the scramble for India by hiring a team of Indian investment professionals.
25 April 2008 - Councils fear credit squeeze
Local authorities fear that the credit crunch could force them to cut back on spending for public services, according to a 4ps survey.
25 April 2008 - €600m PPP fund reaches financial close
French investment firm Crédit Agricole Private Equity has announced the closing of its €600m fund dedicated to PPP.
25 April 2008 - Industry still excited by PFI
UK’s PPP market is still full of potential according industry experts speaking at the 4ps’s recent annual conference in London.
23 April 2008 - PPP here to stay, says Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi, the popular US Speaker of the House of Representatives, has spoken out in favour of using PPP to fund America’s infrastructure deficit.
23 April 2008 - Bridging Europe's infrastructure gap
The European infrastructure market looks set to remain stable despite the credit squeeze according to a recent report.
21 April 2008 - LIFT signed in record time
South West Hampshire NHS Trust has reached financial close in record time on a unique LIFT PPP.
17 April 2008 - Construction firms accused of bid fixing
Several major PPP contractors have been accused of breaching the Competition Act.
16 April 2008 - Fund set up to kick-start Asia's PPP market
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched an infrastructure vehicle set up to initiate a pipeline of wastewater PPPs in Asia.
